gān

干

PINYIN

gān

DEFINITION

dry

clean

in vain

dried food

foster

adoptive

to ignore

EXAMPLE

PINYIN

gàn

DEFINITION

to manage

to work

to do

capable

cadre

to kill (slang)

tree trunk

main part of sth

EXAMPLE

干嘛 / gàn máwhat are you doing? / whatever for? / why on earth?

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